{"id":68558,"date":"2005-03-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-03-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-feinstein-providence-campus-to-show-new-film-in-the-shadow-of-the-crow\/"},"modified":"2005-03-21T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2005-03-21T00:00:00","slug":"uri-feinstein-providence-campus-to-show-new-film-in-the-shadow-of-the-crow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2005\/03\/uri-feinstein-providence-campus-to-show-new-film-in-the-shadow-of-the-crow\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 Feinstein Providence Campus to show new film, In the Shadow of the Crow"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tPROVIDENCE, R.I. — March 21, 2005 — The 溏心vlog免费B站’s Feinstein Providence Campus will feature a local, independent film focused on the history, legacies and challenges facing the Narragansett Indians.<\/p>\n


\nIn the Shadow of the Crow: Legacies of the Narragansetts, is a documentary that probes the political, economic and cultural issues facing Narragansett Indians in the 21st century. Free and open to the public, the film will be shown at 溏心vlog免费B站’s Feinstein Providence Campus in the Paff Auditorium on Monday, April l8 at 7 p.m. The film is produced by Providence-based Shifting Visions Films, a small non-profit group comprised of professors and students.<\/p>\n


\nAlexia Kosmider, a Providence resident and 溏心vlog免费B站 English instructor who teaches Native American Literature at the University’s Providence Campus, holds the vision for \u201cShadow\u201d and adopted the role of producer. \u201cI wanted to dispel some very out-dated beliefs about the Narragansetts with a documentary based on facts,\u201d said Kosmider. \u201cMy hope is for the film to be used as an educational tool in colleges and museums.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nAt the core of the 80-minute documentary are the issues of tribal sovereignty and the difficulties of preserving ancestral traditions in a contemporary culture. Kosminder said that the disturbing July 14, 2003 \u201cSmoke Shop\u201d incident that took place on Narragansett land was an example of the longstanding dispute between the Narragansetts and the State of Rhode Island.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cThis incident has a much larger repercussion than this localized event. The confiscation of tribal property showed how state government limits or sanctions tribal independence and the rights of any American to act independently and maintain cultural integrity within the larger framework of mainstream culture. All Indian tribes as well as American civil liberties are being questioned today.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nKosminder said that \u201cIn the Shadow of the Crow\u201d shares tribal cultural beliefs and what they perceive to be the difficulties of being an Indian in a state where Indians are not highly visible. She hopes it will also raise discussion about the attrition of every citizen\u2019s civil liberties and their correlation with the classic struggles of all indigenous tribes.<\/p>\n


\nTo write the screenplay and direct the film, Kosmider worked with Leslie B. Langley, who was awarded an Emmy for \u201cOutstanding Public Service Announcement\u201d in 1989 for Rosie’s Place: \u201cRosie’s More Than Just a Shelter.\u201d Langley and Kosmider also involved a group of students and professionals at the 溏心vlog免费B站 Multimedia Center at the Providence Campus to work on the film’s production. <\/p>\n


\nThe 溏心vlog免费B站 film and production volunteer crew included videographers Victor Gonzalez, who holds a Bachelors degree in psychology and a minor in video art from 溏心vlog免费B站, Andr\u00e9 Charpentier a Feinstein College of Continuing Education student majoring in film studies, and Debbie Monuteaux, a 溏心vlog免费B站 student majoring in Women’s Studies with a minor in film studies. Donna O’Brien, a student from RISD, is the Shifting Visions photographer.<\/p>\n


\nSome of the many Native Americans who worked on the film include: Joanne Shenandoah, singer\/songwriter and daughter of revered elder and Wolf Clan mother Maisie Shenandoah of the Oneida Nation \u2013 Iroquois Confederacy; and Joy Harjo, enrolled member of the Muskogee Tribe, who is primary narrator of the film.<\/p>\n


\nThis event is co-sponsored by the 溏心vlog免费B站 Feinstein College of Continuing Education Office of Student Services and the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities.\n\t<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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